Homemade BBQ Sauce Recipe from Add a Pinch

EZ Diet Note: The more I look into the sodium/potassium balancing act the more I become convinced the key to controlling my sodium intake is to stop buying the few cleaner $5.95 bottled sauces I like and make them myself using Himalayan pink salt or no salt. The more salt I add the more potassium filled vegetables I have to add to the diet. I probably spend between $50 and $100 a month on store-bought cleaner sauces, marinades and dressings. This blog post will be the first in a series on homemade sauces, marinades and dressings from scratch that are low sodium and healthy.

Below see the ingredients for a basic BBQ sauce. Ways to make this healthier…make a brown Stevia (molasses & Stevia) instead of brown sugar (molasses & sugar). Use an organic low sodium, clean catsup. Use a lower sodium, clean Worcestershire sauce or coconut aminos. And no sodium hot sauce. Maybe eliminate the teaspoon of Stone House Seasoning and just add the garlic powder and pepper leaving off the extra salt. The ketchup and the Worcestershire sauce will have sodium already.

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Homemade BBQ Sauce Recipe – Ready in 15 minutes, you’ll have the best Homemade Barbecue Sauce that is sweet and tangy and made from scratch!

BBQ sauce is one of those topics that people can become really, really passionate about. There are the regional camps of North Carolina style BBQ sauce, Kansas City style BBQ sauce, white Alabama BBQ sauce, and then the Memphis style with no sauce at all (well, maybe just a smidge). Everyone has their personal favorites.

I’ve also included our favorite molasses based Sweet and Spicy BBQ Sauce in my cookbook which just takes ribs to a whole new level!

But today friends, I want to share with you this quick and easy, 15 minute BBQ sauce that takes just a handful of ingredients to make and comes out perfect every single time.

We’ve had friends who call this the best BBQ Sauce they’ve ever tasted and it’s pretty easy to see why!

Homemade BBQ Sauce Recipe

This BBQ Sauce comes together quickly with just a handful of ingredients that I generally have in my refrigerator or my pantry and is one that I think you all will fall in love with as well. I’ve had friends ask me to please make extra for them to take home and if I’d bottle it, they’d surely buy it. They are the best. 🙂

How to Make the Best BBQ Sauce

For this quick and easy homemade BBQ sauce, I start with ketchup. You can use your favorite ketchup as the base. I generally go for one that includes the fewest ingredients and doesn’t include high-fructose corn syrup.

To my BBQ sauce, I whisk in apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, honey, Worcestershire sauce (or coconut aminos if you are sensitive to soy or gluten-free), my favorite Stone House Seasoning, lemon juice, and a dash of hot sauce.

Then, I let my BBQ sauce simmer on low heat for about 10 minutes to deepen the flavors and thicken the sauce.

Then, I remove it from the heat and use it immediately or allow it cool slightly and pour into large jar with tight fitting lids and store in the refrigerator to use on ribs, chicken, pork, salads, and so much more!